Month: July 2008 | FilmBuffOnline

New Releases: July 25

July 24, 2008 Bill Gatevackes

1. Step-Brothers (3,094 Theaters, 95 Minutes, Rated R): Will Ferrell excels at one thing–playing an overgrown man child. And now he has the perfect venue for it. He stars with John C. Reilly as a [click for more]

New Line Looking For Second Blast Of HAIRSPRAY

July 24, 2008 Rich Drees

New Line Cinema has cut a deal with cult film director John Waters to write a treatment for a sequel to the hit musical version of his film Hairspray. The film version of the hit Broadway [click for more]

SDCC 2008: Preview Night: A Look Inside the Owlship

July 24, 2008 Bill Gatevackes

Tonight was preview night at the San Diego Con, and I made a beeline for the Warner Brothers Booth for one reason, because of the really cool bags they were giving out. Kidding! It was [click for more]

MTV Looking To Do Time Warp Again

July 24, 2008 Rich Drees

Here is a story from the “Who thought this was a good idea?” file. MTV is looking at producing a made-for-television remake of the 1975 cult classic Rocky Horror Picture Show. Variety reports that the film’s [click for more]

Ron Burgandy Stays Classy Into The 80s

July 24, 2008 Rich Drees

Fans attending the San Diego Comics Con are discovering how classy that city is now. But if you want to find out it if stayed classy in the 1980s, you may not have to wait [click for more]

Trailer: YES MAN

July 24, 2008 Rich Drees

Jim Carrey’s carreer has hit a bit of a rough patch recently, with his most recent couple of films not doing as well as anticipated at the box office. If the titles The Number 23, [click for more]

Ratings, Kevin Smith And PORNO

July 23, 2008 Rich Drees

Last month we told you about writer/director Kevin Smith and his problems with the MPAA and the rating of his new comedy Zack And Miri Make A Porno. Well, those troubles seem to be continuing, [click for more]

Singer To Produce New Superhero Movie At Warners

July 23, 2008 Rich Drees

It has been a good summer for superheroes, and Warner Brothers, who have had the biggest superhero success of the summer in The Dark Knight, are hoping that trend lasts a bit longer as they [click for more]

Pullman Doubts Future Of GOLDEN COMPASS Sequels

July 22, 2008 Rich Drees

Author Bill Pullman gravely doubts that the remaining two books in his His Dark Materials trilogy will be made into films following the poor box office reception that The Golden Compass, an adaptation of the [click for more]

Ebert And Roeper Close The Balcony

July 22, 2008 Rich Drees

Film critic Roger Ebert has announced that he and fellow critic Richard Roeper have parted ways with DIsney-ABC Domestic Television, the production company behind the long-running movie review program that bore their names. Unable to [click for more]